Vaughan to stand down as England captain

According to Sky Sport News.

I suppose the question is who is going down with him?

taipan wrote:I suppose the question is who is going down with him?

Giles and Bell ....Oh ...You said with ...

embee wrote:

taipan wrote:I suppose the question is who is going down with him?

Giles and Bell ....Oh ...You said with ...

Cripes, not been near a computer or TV all morning. It's all happening....

Any announcement yet?

12 mins to go ...

That'll be two England captains Graeme Smith's caused to resign. Good effort by the pudgy lad.

bliksem wrote:That'll be two England captains Graeme Smith's caused to resign. Good effort by the pudgy lad.

I'd like to thank Graeme Smith for winning the Ashes in 2005. Cheers Sniffy....

Vaughan confirms he wants carry on as a batsman.

Didn't work with Kim Hughes. Time for new blood.

But not at the Oval. (to Gaz)

skully wrote:Didn't work with Kim Hughes. Time for new blood.

On the floor?

So has KP been named as successor?

No word on the successor as yet...

Seems to me there's a bloke with plenty of county captaincy experience who makes his home at the Oval these days...

Collingwood has quit too.

Selectors still deciding on successors, acc Morris.

Three England captain's scalps in Graeme Smith's bag now. Anyone else?

Leo wrote:Seems to me there's a bloke with plenty of county captaincy experience who makes his home at the Oval these days...

But Alec Stewart is a bit old for it these days.

bliksem wrote:Three England captain's scalps in Graeme Smith's bag now. Anyone else?

It's Ponting's head you want in pole position. Admit it.

Inevitable - and long overdue.
Fair do's to Vaughan for walking away rather than hanging around waiting to be pushed.

Have to appreciate his contribution and the impetus and bite he put into the team, with special thanks for Ashes 2005 when everything in Team England was rosy.

Sadly thereafter, the wheels started to come off, ideas looked stale and the impetus
was somehow lost as fewer outsiders got a look-in on selection.

Just heard Colly's resigned as ODI captain.

Is this the start of the "revision of the team" that Miller hinted at before he took over from Gravey?

IMO this could be the start of something big for England - and in a way,
I'm glad we're kicking off afresh i both forms of the game.

Interesting that one of the reasons for leaving was that he felt his career could come to an abrupt halt rather than the fact England had lost 3 major series in the last year and the team look uninspired...

What prompted Collingwood to resign as well? Is he that deep into Vaughan's pants?

I have visions of Vaughan and Collingwood walking hand in hand down the corridor after the press conference, before spying the disabled toilets, giving each other a knowing glance and a wink and quickly ducking in.

Merlin wrote:Inevitable - and long overdue.
Fair do's to Vaughan for walking away rather than hanging around waiting to be pushed.

Have to appreciate his contribution and the impetus and bite he put into the team, with special thanks for Ashes 2005 when everything in Team England was rosy.

Sadly thereafter, the wheels started to come off, ideas looked stale and the impetus
was somehow lost as fewer outsiders got a look-in on selection.

Would generally agree.

Except "due" rather than "long overdue".

And to say that rickety knees played a big part in Mick's not achieving more. I feel his tendency to make a bit too much of himself (e.g. saying "Michael Vaughan") was at least partly due to that regret for the many times he was absent through injury. But you can't make up for the hunger of lost time at the expense of the present, and the future - and it was to his credit he eventually saw that and jumped. I somehow doubt he would have been pushed for a while yet.